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Contains reports, clippings, notes, memos, and other assorted materials related to the Guatemalan economy. Topics include aid, trade agreements, agrarian land reform, labor conditions, issues of rural development, agriculture including coffee and genetically modified corn, and government fiscal policy implemented to satisfy the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and others. Some materials reference the 1998 Hurricane Mitch that heavily impacted Guatemala; additional files on this topic can be found in the Hurricane Mitch subseries under Initiatives and Activities.